Win: Gary Clark (4-10) Loss: Chuck Pittinger (15-7)
Save: Slick Foster (16)
Inning: 1 Oakland Gary Clark pitching. Ray Hardy strikes out. Rick Patterson strikes out. Tim Meyer singles to center field. Roger Holdsworth strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Chuck Pittinger pitching. Marcus Pinn singles past the second baseman. Ray Wortham singles to center field. Marcus Pinn advances to third on the hit. Nobuhiro Koike grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Marcus Pinn scores. Chris Trout bunts for a base hit. Chris Trout steals second. Kip Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Aaron Mangus flies out to the center fielder. Sheldon Harrington strikes out. John Snyder singles past the first baseman. Kewpie Twitty singles to center field. John Snyder advances to third on the hit. Chuck Pittinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Harry Elliott flies out to the center fielder. Bill Wathan singles to right field. Bill Higbee strikes out. Gary Clark singles past the shortstop. Bill Wathan advances to third on the hit. Marcus Pinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Ray Hardy grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Patterson walks. Tim Meyer singles to right field. Rick Patterson advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Roger Holdsworth strikes out. Tim Meyer steals second. Aaron Mangus grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Ray Wortham strikes out. Nobuhiro Koike grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Trout bunts for a base hit. Chris Trout steals second. Kip Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Sheldon Harrington walks. John Snyder grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Kewpie Twitty strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Harry Elliott grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bill Wathan singles past the third baseman. Bill Wathan steals second. Bill Higbee reached on a 2-base throwing error by Aaron Mangus. Bill Wathan scores. Gary Clark flies out to the center fielder. Marcus Pinn flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Chuck Pittinger strikes out. Ray Hardy flies out to the left fielder. Rick Patterson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Ray Wortham strikes out. Nobuhiro Koike grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Trout strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tim Meyer strikes out. Roger Holdsworth strikes out. Aaron Mangus strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Kip Johnson singles to right field. Harry Elliott flies out to the right fielder. Bill Wathan singles to right field. Kip Johnson is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Bill Higbee grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Wathan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Sheldon Harrington hits a home run. John Snyder walks. Kewpie Twitty singles to right field. John Snyder advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Troy Morrill is pinch hitting for Chuck Pittinger. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Troy Morrill strikes out. The defense is playing the corners in. Ray Hardy grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Bert Jordan pitching. Gary Clark strikes out. Marcus Pinn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ray Wortham grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Rick Patterson grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Meyer walks. Roger Holdsworth flies out to the left fielder. Aaron Mangus strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Nobuhiro Koike flies out to the left fielder. Eric Ortegas is pinch hitting for Chris Trout. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Eric Ortegas singles to center field. Kip Johnson strikes out. Harry Elliott flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Slick Foster comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Sheldon Harrington flies out to the left fielder. John Snyder grounds out to the second baseman. Kewpie Twitty pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Detroit total runners left on base: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gordon Garcia did not respond to coaching in control Jake Clutterbuck improves in contact_vs_righty Denny Rader did not respond to coaching in control Barry Sicking improves in power_vs_lefty Tim Ferrell did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Timo Roman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Sam Kirk did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Dillman improves in range George Alten improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Dillman did not respond to coaching in 3B